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Location Information

stabbr

State Abbreviation

character (2)

Raw Value

Position in File: 1


Geography
Geographic Mapping

GEOID00_Trt

Census Tract, 2000

character (11)

Calculated Value

Position in File: 2

Population counts from the 2000 census are used to calculate the index. For each tract, the index is the proportion of the population (NHW) in the index block group and block groups adjacent to the index block group.

pct_ltHS

% Education, < HS diploma

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 3

pct_Unempl

% Pop 16+ in Civilian Labor Force, Unemployed

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 4

pct_pubAsst

% Public Assistance Income in last 12 months

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 5

pct_FemHHwc

% Single Female Householder with Own Children

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 6

stfips

State FIPS Code

character (2)

Raw Value

Position in File: 7

pct_Prof_M

% of Employed Civilian Males in Prof or Mgmt Positions

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 8


pctHHBelow

% Households Below Poverty Level

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 9

pct_gt1

% Occupied Housing Units with the Number of Occupants per Room > 1

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 10

pct_lt30

% of Households with Income < $30,000 in the last 12 months

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 11


NDI

NDI

Neighborhood Deprivation Index

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 12

Calculated using prinicipal component analysis. NDI will be missing if any of the component variables used have missing values. This happens when the Census/ACS does not report counts, most likely due to small populations in those areas.

NDI_std

Neighborhood Deprivation Index - Standardized,

decimal

Raw Value

Position in File: 13

Calculated using prinicipal component analysis and standardized by dividing by the squareroot of the eigenvalues. NDI will be missing if any of the component variables used have missing values. This happens when the Census/ACS does not report counts, most likely due to small populations in those areas.